atom feed20 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-portsRe: packages compressed with xz
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Goran TalNov 28, 2010 1:12 pm 
Dominic FandreyNov 28, 2010 1:49 pm 
Ion-Mihai TetcuNov 28, 2010 1:50 pm 
Matthias AndreeNov 29, 2010 3:24 am 
jhellNov 29, 2010 10:30 am 
Ion-Mihai TetcuNov 29, 2010 12:23 pm 
Matthias AndreeNov 29, 2010 3:40 pm 
Mark LinimonNov 29, 2010 6:09 pm 
jhellNov 29, 2010 6:15 pm 
Julien LaffayeNov 29, 2010 6:40 pm 
per...@pluto.rain.comNov 30, 2010 2:40 am 
Volodymyr KostyrkoDec 3, 2010 1:07 pm 
Simon L. B. NielsenDec 4, 2010 2:18 pm 
Lars EngelsDec 5, 2010 5:25 am 
Ion-Mihai TetcuDec 5, 2010 8:03 am 
Eitan AdlerDec 5, 2010 8:17 am 
Robert HuffDec 5, 2010 8:36 am 
Eitan AdlerDec 5, 2010 8:41 am 
Ion-Mihai TetcuDec 5, 2010 9:28 am 
Volodymyr KostyrkoDec 5, 2010 9:56 am 
Subject:Re: packages compressed with xz
From:Simon L. B. Nielsen (sim@nitro.dk)
Date:Dec 4, 2010 2:18:58 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-ports

On 30 Nov 2010, at 03:16, jhell wrote:

Agreed. Soon can be quantified by actual need and of which there is not much need except for larger packages but adding this would just add unneeded complication to the system that is already in place.

We are running out of diskspace on event the FTP master site - currently we are
at ~1TB. The xz compression gives as significant space saving - so there is
already a need.

PS. anyone saying a 1 TB etc. disk is cheap will be ignored.